Can CPS Terminate Parental Rights Based on Old Events?
As always, I can give advice only about cases pending under Texas law, since I am licensed within only that state. CPS in other states may be similar or dissimilar to Texas CPS The...
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Important Factors in Cases Requesting Protective Orders
Introduction: A protective order is a court order that can be entered by the court to protect a victim of domestic violence, assault (sexual or otherwise), abuse, stalking, and/or ...
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Keeping Children Safe
Deciding to divorce is a big decision. Once it has been made, proper preparation is, like with so many things in life, a key to making the outcome more likely to be positive for yo...
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Protecting Children When a Parent Has a Substance Abuse Disorder
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “A substance use disorder (SUD) is a mental disorder that affects a person’s brain and behavior, leading to a person’s i...
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Can CPS Remove Your Child from YOU Because of What The Other Parent Has Done?
Child Protection Services (CPS) exists, and is often needed, to protect children from abuse or neglect. When it is not safe for a child to live with a parent, then we, as a society...
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CPS Is Investigating Me: What Do I Need to Do?
According to the most recent statistics available, approximately 3,200,000 children are investigated each year by the various Child Protective Services agencies operating within th...
Read MoreLegal Protections Available for Family Violence
Last month, we started this conversation by discussing the Court Orders that are immediately available to victims of Family Violence; some, even before the Protective Order case ha...
Read MoreLegal Protections for Family Violence (Part 1)
Sadly, Family Violence occurs far too often in Texas (as well as worldwide). According to the Texas Council on Family Violence, 158 women were killed by a male intimate partner in...
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When can Texas CPS remove a child from your home?
Texas law (the Texas Family Code) provides that CPS shall investigate reports that a child has been abused or neglected. Those reports are typically made through either a phone cal...
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